L'Albert moderne, ou Nouveaux secrets éprouvés, et licites, recueillis d'après les découvertes les plus récentes: les uns ayant pour objet de remédier à un grand nombre d'accidens qui intéressent la santé: les autres, quantité de choses utiles à sçavoir pour les differens besoins de la vie ...

Abstract

Originally published Paris, 1768. It is divided into three parts. The first concerns home remedies; the second part is broadly classified as the useful arts. Part III covers the pleasurable arts. Among recipes on how to make wines and liquors, how to grow and conserve flowers, etc. are several secrets concerning the arts of painting, including how to make Naples yellow, how to paint with pastels made with wax or encaustic, several recipes for varnishes, and how to revive old oil paintings. In the preface to L’Albert Moderne, the difference between L’Ancien (Secrets de Albert le Grand) and Le Moderne is stressed; the chief difference being the absence in the latter version of superstitions and enhancements as well as the more bizarre and useless recipes.”